NetVUE Conference - Indianapolis
March 11, 2011
Pepperdine University
Elizabeth Krumrei, Cindy Miller-Perrin,
Gary Selby, Don Thompson &
Darryl Tippens
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Our Presentation
Pepperdine’s Voyage Project
The Sophomore Experience
Faith, Learning & Vocation Workshops
The Mentor-Protégé Relationship
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Our University
Vocation Grant Activity
 Planning Grant 2001-2002
 Major Grant 2002-2006
 Sustaining Grant 2006-2008
 Ongoing Activities – 2008-Present
Significant Grant Initiatives
 Curricular and Co-curricular Components
 Student Leadership and Ministry Initiatives
 Faculty Development
Significant Institutional Learning: Research Outcomes
 Students’ Personal Change: Sophomore Year
 Faith, Learning & Vocation Workshops for Faculty
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Rite of Passage
 Departure, Initiation, Return
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Research Hypothesis & Measures
 Student vocational development is formed by the intersection
of faith development, identity development, and spiritual
barriers.
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Longitudinal Design
 Three consecutive 4-year cohorts
 300 item survey, sampled annually
 2100 undergraduate students
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Changes in Identity
Development
(Explore, Commit)
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30
Diffusion (-,-)
25
20
Foreclosure (-,+)
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Moratorium (+,-)
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Achievement (+,+)
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First-Year
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
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45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
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Belief
Strength
Behavior
Application
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5
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3
Know Ways to Use
Gifts and Talents
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Sense of God's Purpose
for Life
Feel Deep
Responsibility to
Reduce Suffering
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Center for Faith and Learning
Annual New Faculty Retreat
Rationale: Faculty as the “Front Line” for Encouraging
Students’ Sense of Vocation and Mission
Format: 7-10 Day Intensive Seminar on Faith, Learning,
and Vocation
Location: Pepperdine Study Abroad Facility (Florence,
Buenos Aires, Lausanne)
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Retreat Components
Daily Worship
Sessions 1-2: Vocational Stories
Session 3: Scholars and Teachers
Session 4: What Makes a University Christian?
Session 5: Living Your Calling
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Retreat Impact
Personal Identity as Christian Scholars and
Teachers
Strong Sense of Community
Resonance with Institutional Identity and
Mission
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 Understanding my own vocational
journey
 Keys to self-discovery
 Vocational Autobiography Reflection
 New faculty retreat
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What do students need/want?
Helping students explore their callings
 Course-related methods
 Mentorship outside of the classroom
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Common pitfalls in student thinking about
vocation
 Narrow views of vocation
 Vocation as static
 False dichotomies
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Sophomores Experience Dramatic Changes
Faculty Preparation & Community
Mentor-Protégé Relationship – Key to Initiation and
Return
Darryl.Tippens@pepperdine.edu
Don.Thompson@pepperdine.edu
Gary.Selby@pepperdine.edu
Elizabeth.Krumrei@pepperdine.edu
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